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Photon (www.photon.com) has emerged as one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing Digital Agencies. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 on their Digital initiatives and are known for our ability to integrate Strategy Consulting, Creative Design, and Technology at scale. Please visit www.photon.com to learn more about us, how we work, and our customer case studies.

About Photon

:Photon is a global digital agency helping the world’s largest companies transform their customer experience. We combine strategy, design, and engineering to deliver human-centered digital solutions at scale.

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and integration strategy for migration to the Zeta platform. The ideal candidate will define the target architecture, ensure seamless integration with legacy and third-party systems, and provide strategic technical leadership throughout the migration lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and own the end-to-end solution architecture for the Zeta implementation and migration program.
• Collaborate with business, data, and infrastructure architects to align the solution with enterprise standards and strategy.
• Analyze existing system landscapes to design migration paths and integration architectures.
• Evaluate and leverage Zeta's platform capabilities to build scalable and secure solutions.
• Design and document integration frameworks using REST APIs, messaging queues, event-driven architecture, and middleware components.
• Create architecture artifacts including solution blueprints, data flow diagrams, deployment models, and interface specifications.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as scalability, performance, security, and compliance are met.
• Provide technical oversight to engineering teams and guide development based on architectural decisions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks related to data migration, dependencies, and vendor integration.
• Act as the technical escalation point for project teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• 10 + years of experience in solution architecture.
• Proven experience in system migrations involving digital marketing platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Zeta platform
• Strong expertise in API design & integration, especially RESTful services.
• Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems.
• Proficiency in designing secure and scalable cloud or hybrid architectures (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with data modeling, data migration strategies, and ETL processes.
• Experience with tools like Postman, Swagger, ArchiMate, UML, and Visio.